rumple
Example Sentences
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On a blue two-seater sofa, a tiny head and bony freckled hands emerge from the loose rumple of a red and black Chinese silk shirt.
From Time • Oct. 10, 2016
In Sonnet 73, “That time of year thou mayest in me behold,” there is a cognitive rumple as eventful as any I know in poetry.
From The New Yorker • Apr. 23, 2016
His hair is frequently rumpled, but there’s not enough of it to rumple in the fashion of Donald Trump.
From Washington Times • Jan. 21, 2016
Would Dan’s fear of roller coasters really cause a major rumple in their relationship?
From New York Times • Aug. 12, 2015
Then the two men would embrace and Inigo would come running up and Yeste would rumple his hair and then Inigo would make tea while the two men talked.
From "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman
Vocabulary lists containing rumple
My Brother Sam is Dead
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The Night Diary
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